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Fluorapatite from Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil

 
Fluorapatite from Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Fluorapatite from Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Fluorapatite from Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorapatite from Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil

DESCRIPTION:No. 64136
Mineral:Fluorapatite
Locality:Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Description:Lustrous doubly-terminated transparent gray fluorapatite crystal with white albite included on the bottom where it was attached. The fluorapatite crystal is tabular hexagonal form with secondary edge faces and fluoresces pink under SW UV illumination. Collected ca. 1980
Overall Size:32x28x23 mm
Crystals:28 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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